JINDERIS, Syria—Aid agencies and governments stepped up efforts Tuesday to send help to parts of Turkey and Syria devastated by an earthquake, but a week after the disaster many of those who lost their homes were struggling to meet basic needs, like finding shelter from the bitter cold. The situation was particularly desperate in Syria,…
Turkey Probes Contractors as Earthquake Deaths Pass 36,000
ANTAKYA, Turkey—Turkish authorities are targeting contractors allegedly linked with buildings that collapsed in the powerful Feb. 6 earthquakes as rescuers found more survivors in the rubble Sunday, including a pregnant woman and two children, in the disaster that killed over 36,000 people. The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 quakes that struck nine…
Rescuers in Turkey Dig to Rescue Family a Week After Earthquake as Death Toll Rises to Nearly 36,000
ANTAKYA/ELBISTAN, Turkey—Rescuers in Turkey pulled out several people alive from collapsed buildings on Monday and were digging to reach a grandmother, mother, and daughter from a single family, a week after the country’s worst earthquake in modern history. With hopes of finding many more survivors in the rubble fast fading, the combined official death toll…
Death Toll in Turkey, Syria Quake Tops 33,000 as Turkey Starts Legal Action
ANTAKYA, Turkey—Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble on Sunday six days after one of the worst earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria, as Turkish authorities sought to maintain order across the disaster zone and began legal action over some building collapses. With chances of finding more survivors growing more remote, the toll in both…
Death Toll in Turkey, Syria Quake Tops 33,000; Turkey Starts Legal Action Against Builders
ANTAKYA, Turkey—Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble on Sunday six days after one of the worst earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria, as Turkish authorities sought to maintain order across the disaster zone and began legal action over some building collapses. With chances of finding more survivors growing more remote, the toll in both…
2 Women Survive for Days in Earthquake Rubble as Death Toll Tops 24,150
ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria—Rescuers in Turkey pulled two women alive from the rubble of collapsed buildings after they were been trapped for 122 hours following the region’s deadliest quake in two decades, authorities said on Saturday. The death toll exceeded 24,150 across southern Turkey and northwest Syria a day after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said authorities…
Rescuers Toil on in Rubble of Turkey and Syria as Death Toll Tops 25,250
ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria—Rescuers in Turkey pulled more people from the rubble early on Saturday, five days after the country’s most devastating earthquake since 1939, but hopes were fading in Turkey and Syria that many more survivors would be found. In Kahramanmaras, close to the quake’s epicenter in southern Turkey, there were fewer visible rescue operations…
Ottawa Appeals Court Ruling Directing Government to Help Repatriate Four Men in Syria
The federal government is appealing a judge’s declaration that four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps are entitled to Ottawa’s help to return home. In a filing today in the Federal Court of Appeal, the government asks that a ruling last month by Federal Court Justice Henry Brown be set aside—and be placed on…
Rescues Provide Glimmer of Hope Among Earthquake Ruins as Toll Tops 21,000
ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria—Rescue crews pulled several people from the rubble of collapsed buildings during the night, including a 10-year-old boy saved with his mother, four days after a huge earthquake wrought death and destruction across southern Turkey and northwest Syria. The confirmed death toll from the deadliest quake in the region in decades stood at…
Australia Sends Disaster Relief Teams to Earthquake Ravaged Turkey and Syria
Australia will be sending more than 70 experienced disaster relief officers to Turkey and Syria to assist locals on the ground in search and rescue efforts following the region’s devastating earthquakes. “These Urban Search and Rescue specialists are highly trained to locate, deliver medical assistance to, and remove victims who have been trapped or impacted…
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